Stronger Than Death

Medics have a way of organising cases. The first one you see is: ''in my experience''. Two becomes ''case after case''. Three is a series. In medicine, as in crime, three is the magic number that makes a syndrome real - or that turns death from a frightening accident,an unfortunate end to a night of heavy drinking, or a ridiculous overdose into a series. And that means the killer, too, has a label...